Environmental and economic key figures; NAMEA

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Macroeconomics

Economy dealing with groups of commodities and production output.

Output (basic prices)

Output (basic prices) covers the value of all goods produced for sale,
including unsold goods, and all receipts for services rendered. Output
furthermore covers the market equivalent of goods and services produced
for own use, such as own account capital formation, services of
owner-occupied dwellings and agricultural products produced by farmers for
own consumption.
The output of such goods is estimated by valuing the quantities produced
against the price that the producer would have received if these goods had
been sold. Output is valued at basic prices, defined as the price received
by the producer excluding trade and transport margins and the balance of
taxes and subsidies on products. This is the price the producer is
ultimately left with.

Value added (gross, basic prices)

Value added at basic prices is equal to the difference between production
(basic prices) and intermediate consumption.

Fixed capital formation (gross)

Expenses on produced material and immaterial assets that can be used in
the production proces for a period longer than one year, e.g. buildings,
houses, machines, transportation and such.
Fixed capital formation includes also:
- the underhand work in construction, that is considered the client's
fixed capital formation. This includes houses, government buildings, civil
engineering works and such;
- military structures that are used in similar way as by civil producers,
like airports and hospitals;
- improvements on used fixed assets, that are not the usual maintenance
and repair works;
- the costs made, buying new or used fixed assets, such as conveyancing
fees and costs of real estate agents, architects, notaries and appraisers.
At the total economy-level (and the departments) the investments are
corrected on buying and selling used fixed assets.

Labour input of employed persons

The input of labour that is deployedin a certain period. The labour input
can be expressed as jobs, years of employment and hours of employment.
Employed persons are all individuals working at a company that is settled
in The Netherlands or at a private household in The Netherlands.
Employed persons are considered all individuals performing paid labour,
even if it is for just one or a few hour a week, even if they:
- perform labour that is legal, but which from the payment is withdrawn
from registration by the treasury and social security authorities ('black
labour');
- do not perform any labour temporary, but still get payment (e.g. in case
of illness or hold-ups due to frost;
- are on holiday temporary, without payment.
Employed persons can becategorised in employees and freelancers.
Employees are individuals performing labour for a certain period, in
return of payment or salary, in money or in kind.
Freelancers are individuals receiving income by performing labour at their
own expenses and risk, for the company or profession they practise
independently. Participating members of the family are also considered
freelancers, unless they start an employment contract.